By re-connecting the mind to the heart, can we remember ourselves? How can we live harmoniously in a world crumbling through harm? How can we creatively resist Despair from entering […]

Join us for a creative session to dream into how we want Southend to look and feel like in 2050. Collective imagination enables us to listen to, engage with and […]

Book a free desk in our Attic Studio and take some time to focus on your work. You are guaranteed a changing view across the Estuary too. Writers Hot Desks […]

Book a Wild Desk - A unique, outdoor writing spot set up in our garden area, away from digital distractions. Wild Writers Hot Desks 10am - 5pm every weekday, 01 […]

Come along to one of our artist advice and support sessions for artists, with the Metal Southend team and special guest writer Dean Atta. We are offering free 1:1 sessions […]

Come along to one of our artist advice and support sessions for artists, with the Metal Southend team and special guest writer Saira Niazi. We are offering free 1:1 sessions […]

Discover Southend through a different lens on this social neighbourhood wandering. Beginning at Southend Forum and heading towards Southchurch Park, this guided walk invites you to explore the area’s hidden […]

Join artist, writer, fossil hunter, and Port of London Authority (PLA) licensed mudlark J. R. Carpenter with local Essex based artist Sylak Ravenspine for an intertidal walking and writing workshop in the Thames Estuary. As we move between high and […]

Come along to one of our artist advice and support sessions for artists, with the Metal Southend team and special guest writer Lora Aziz We are offering free 1:1 sessions […]

Join artist Lora Aziz exploring the Prittlewell Greenway through landscape, observation and language. How can we pull inspiration from the backstreet places and welcome in wonders we might pass every […]

Discover the many ways of Essex with a screening of ‘The Essex Ways’, a feature length documentary by filmmaker Thomas Winward. The film follows Essex-born storyteller James Lawrence on an epic 400km walking journey […]

Join James Lawrence, AKA Man About Country, for a special guided walk around Canvey Wick, one of Essex’s (and England’s) most fascinating nature reserves. In this brownfield rainforest you’ll discover wildlife, hear stories from over […]

Come along to one of our artist advice sessions for artists, with the Metal Southend team and special guest writer Camilla Balshaw. We are offering free 1:1 sessions for writers, […]